First-World Problems...

That's a snowblower...I think. It's been so long since I have used it that I am not 100% sure. And it may have rusted in place.

After a big snowstorm, when everything is covered in a glorious white blanket, and the world seems serene and beautiful, it is one of my simple pleasures to wheel that beast outside and clean the driveway and the sidewalks and help out the neighbors. People seem to be happier when they are shoveling or plowing. I don't know why, but it is something to be enjoyed...

Except we haven't had enough snow this year to do much of anything!

Yes...I am confident that some of your are muttering under your breath, saying, "that stupid f$*&er can have some of ours!"

Posted by: CBD at 02:01 PM

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1 Oneith

Posted by: Skip at February 12, 2023 02:02 PM (xhxe8)

2 "Snowblowers." I've heard of them.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2023 02:02 PM (guGkK)

3 Hello.

Posted by: Lola at February 12, 2023 02:03 PM (Wxlzw)

4 No one more happy than me I haven't seen snow

Posted by: Skip at February 12, 2023 02:03 PM (xhxe8)

5 If Kamala Harris was an Eskimo...

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2023 02:03 PM (guGkK)

6 Does it do leaves too?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 12, 2023 02:03 PM (Zqeqr)

7 You're not fooling me, CBD! That there is the control panel for the Weather Machine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2023 02:03 PM (tkR6S)

8 I like shoveling. It's one of the few bits of upper body exercise I get. And yes, we've had ridiculous amounts of snow this year, and I have cursed it religiously.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2023 02:03 PM (PyOKD)

9 If it's gas powered, it will soon be banned.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 12, 2023 02:04 PM (U2p+3)

10 I don't have a snow blowe, and a 100 foot driveway

Posted by: Skip at February 12, 2023 02:04 PM (xhxe8)

11 Mild winter here so far. Very little snow. They did close the schools this past Thursday for snow that melted off before noon.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 12, 2023 02:04 PM (u73oe)

12 Anyone in the east get snow from the storms that blew thru here last night?

Posted by: BignJames at February 12, 2023 02:05 PM (AwYPR)

13 They did close the schools this past Thursday for snow that melted off before noon.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 12, 2023 02:04 PM (u73oe)

They do that around here too.

I remember walking to school in snow flurries.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2023 02:05 PM (XIJ/X)

14 So...electric snow blowers next?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2023 02:05 PM (lc5cP)

15 Well, if you are missing out helping neighbors, these flower beds aren't going to clean themselves.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2023 02:05 PM (anj39)

16 "People seem to be happier when they are shoveling or plowing. I don't know why, but it is something to be enjoyed..."

At age 29, it's gratifying to rediscover annually that one can still shovel snow without collapsing. On net, exercise is good.

We only got one big snowfall so far, and it was maybe six inches. Right now we're in a stretch of fair 40-50 degF days.

Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at February 12, 2023 02:05 PM (24fqN)

17 Escalades are just Suburbans that have been gussied up. Still sit on a strong truck chassis with a solid power train.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2023 02:06 PM (tkR6S)

18 I remember walking to school in snow flurries.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2023 02:05 PM (XIJ/X)

Snow flurries? I'll bet you looked adorable!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2023 02:06 PM (guGkK)

19 The truth. Starting to believe they're screwing with the Atlantic region's weather (and more) so we'll be more receptive to EVs.

Posted by: Lola at February 12, 2023 02:07 PM (Wxlzw)

20 Posted by: Lola at February 12, 2023 02:07 PM (Wxlzw)

It ain't workin'.

Posted by: BignJames at February 12, 2023 02:08 PM (AwYPR)

21 The truth. Starting to believe they're screwing with the Atlantic region's weather (and more) so we'll be more receptive to EVs.
Posted by: Lola at February 12, 2023 02:07 PM (Wxlzw)

How does making it colder and snowier encourage a shift to EV's? If it's cold and snowy all the time, I want a fuel-burning rig with 4 wheel drive, and a kick-ass heater.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2023 02:09 PM (tkR6S)

22 5 If Kamala Harris was an Eskimo...

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2023 02:03 PM (guGkK)
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Grammar man.
If Kamala Harris *were* an Eskimo...
If Kamala Harris *was* an extraordinary sucker...
/LOL

Posted by: Ciampino - logic and modern liberalism don't mix at February 12, 2023 02:09 PM (qfLjt)

23 Hello.
Posted by: Lola

Hiya Lola !

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 02:09 PM (T4tVD)

24 You keep your snowblower under a piano bench in your living room?

Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2023 02:09 PM (ykeLU)

25 Hiya JT!

Posted by: Lola at February 12, 2023 02:09 PM (Wxlzw)

26 Hiya JT!
Posted by: Lola

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 02:10 PM (T4tVD)

27 I want a fuel-burning rig with ~~4 wheel drive~~ tracked vehicle, and a kick-ass heater.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2023 02:09 PM (tkR6S)

but that's just me

Posted by: BignJames at February 12, 2023 02:11 PM (AwYPR)

28 I like shovelling snow [within reason] too. I even have a chair in my garage [no car] that I use to rest between shovelling major areas when it's wet, heavy snow; and to cool down in before going back into the house.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 12, 2023 02:11 PM (Vwz3I)

29 I propose that we only can use solar powered snowblowers only during night time hours to protect the earth from climate change.

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at February 12, 2023 02:11 PM (FBf3u)

30 Luxury! When we cleared the snow in the gravel driveway, we had to move the horse and buggy and use a coal shovel.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 12, 2023 02:11 PM (Jg7EG)

31 I remember walking to school in snow flurries.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

*******

For some reason I suspect you wore ear muffs.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2023 02:11 PM (ykeLU)

32 I just went out and gave the birds some fud.

My birdbath isn't frozen.

But it ain't warm out thar !

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 02:11 PM (T4tVD)

33 What you need is a tranny to operate it.

Posted by: Department of DEI at February 12, 2023 02:12 PM (UKe2c)

34 8 I like shoveling. It's one of the few bits of upper body exercise I get. And yes, we've had ridiculous amounts of snow this year, and I have cursed it religiously.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 12, 2023 02:03 PM (PyOKD)
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Harm can come to a young boy when shoveling shit ..... I mean snow.
-- Bluebottle quote: Goonshow from BBC

Posted by: Ciampino -- logic and modern liberalism don't mix at February 12, 2023 02:12 PM (qfLjt)

35 Biden is such a walking Cluster-F**k. This guy must be the dumbest creature walking the earth !!!!!!!

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at February 12, 2023 02:12 PM (FBf3u)

36 Dad got me a new snow shovel for Christmas and I have not had a chance to try it out.

And I'm ok with that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 12, 2023 02:13 PM (CsVWE)

37 Walking should be outlawed because the heat your body producing when walking causes Global Warming .....

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at February 12, 2023 02:13 PM (FBf3u)

38 I like shovelling snow [within reason] too. I even have a chair in my garage [no car] that I use to rest between shovelling major areas when it's wet, heavy snow; and to cool down in before going back into the house.
Posted by: andycanuck

*******

Add an AED and you'll be totally good to go. You might want to attach the pads beforehand.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2023 02:14 PM (ykeLU)

39 Well, if you are missing out helping neighbors, these flower beds aren't going to clean themselves.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2023 02:05 PM (anj39)

They wouldn't want me near anything growing...I can kill the hardiest plants with just a sideways glance!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2023 02:14 PM (XIJ/X)

40 Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2023 02:06 PM (guGkK)

Hah! Well done!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2023 02:15 PM (XIJ/X)

41 My birdbath isn't frozen.

But it ain't warm out thar !
Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 02:11 PM (T4tVD)

*updates primary birdbath status whiteboard with erasable marker*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2023 02:15 PM (guGkK)

42 “Chelsea tractor.” Thanks, Limeys.

Posted by: Holy Crap at February 12, 2023 02:16 PM (glGDV)

43 Another fact, I have never bought a snow shovel, did have to repair on of the hand me downs I have. For years thought to try one of those ergonomic shovels that are not straight by why bother when I have a couple straight ones?

Posted by: Skip at February 12, 2023 02:16 PM (xhxe8)

44 Add an AED and you'll be totally good to go. You might want to attach the pads beforehand.
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Too expensive. I just take my ghetto-blaster into the shower with me after.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 12, 2023 02:17 PM (Vwz3I)

45 You keep your snowblower under a piano bench in your living room?

Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2023 02:09 PM (ykeLU)

That is my grandparents dining room table, which ended up at my aunt's house, and migrated to my garage because I am an idiot and never say, "No! We have no more room!"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2023 02:17 PM (XIJ/X)

46 24 You keep your snowblower under a piano bench in your living room?

Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2023 02:09 PM (ykeLU)
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Otherwise how's he going to get rid of the snow on the carpet?
Just a thought, with those super freezers that Pelosi has, does she have snow inside the house every time she goes for ice cream?

Posted by: Ciampino --- logic and modern liberalism don't mix at February 12, 2023 02:17 PM (qfLjt)

47 For some reason I suspect you wore ear muffs.
Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2023 02:11 PM (ykeLU)
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One of those super long knit caps with the big fuzzy pom-pom on the end.

Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2023 02:18 PM (pTb/Z)

48 50s and 60s high here all week, if it doesn't snow soon going to go all year without a measurable snow

Posted by: Skip at February 12, 2023 02:18 PM (xhxe8)

49 Walking should be outlawed because the heat your body producing when walking causes Global Warming .....
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at February 12, 2023 02:13 PM (FBf3u)

Try shambling. Works for me.

Posted by: Zombie OneEyedJack at February 12, 2023 02:18 PM (FCbAQ)

50 Say what you will about Chelsea but she's no Tank Abrams.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 12, 2023 02:18 PM (Vwz3I)

51 They wouldn't want me near anything growing...I can kill the hardiest plants with just a sideways glance!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Is it your breath ?

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 02:18 PM (T4tVD)

52 For years thought to try one of those ergonomic shovels that are not straight by why bother when I have a couple straight ones?

Posted by: Skip at February 12, 2023 02:16 PM (xhxe

Skip, the ergonomic ones are fantastic. Much, much better than the straight-handled ones.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2023 02:18 PM (XIJ/X)

53 Is it your breath ?

Posted by: JT at February 12, 2023 02:18 PM (T4tVD)

Gas...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2023 02:19 PM (XIJ/X)

54 That is my grandparents dining room table, which ended up at my aunt's house, and migrated to my garage because I am an idiot and never say, "No! We have no more room!"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

*******

Nice legs! No disrespect meant.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2023 02:20 PM (ykeLU)

55 I too have been bemoaning the lack of snow to anyone who will listen. The last good big snow storm we had here was in January 2016. The weather for the next two weeks does not look promising in terms of snow.

We've had a couple big storms in March before, but this year I think it's doubtful. Boo.

Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2023 02:21 PM (pTb/Z)

56 One of those super long knit caps with the big fuzzy pom-pom on the end.
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2023 02:18 PM (pTb/Z)

Young CBD

https://tinyurl.com/yny5pwe4

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2023 02:21 PM (guGkK)

57 21. How does making it colder and snowier encourage a shift to EV's? If it's cold and snowy all the time, I want a fuel-burning rig with 4 wheel drive, and a kick-ass heater.

No, there's been almost no to very little snow for sometime & extreme cold may be for a few days in a row vs. weeks. (In the past, mid January through much of February had been quite cold.) It wasn't also unusual to see at least some days with light snow in late fall. 40+ days in a row last summer, no rain. It seems more than standard warm or dry spells.

And EVs on the road appears to be picking up.

Posted by: Lola at February 12, 2023 02:21 PM (Wxlzw)

58 For some reason I suspect you wore ear muffs.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2023 02:11 PM (ykeLU)

Never had a pair. They always seemed goofy and not very effective. I do have a really warm knit cap with a brim and flaps that go over my ears.

I look like I eat paste and don't know how to use a door, but I'm WARM!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2023 02:21 PM (XIJ/X)

59 41 My birdbath isn't frozen.

*updates primary birdbath status whiteboard with erasable marker*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2023 02:15 PM (guGkK)
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Is that whiteboard USB-compatible?

Posted by: Ciampino - stochastic snowfalls at February 12, 2023 02:22 PM (qfLjt)

60 We might get an Albuquerque low this week and we might not.

Posted by: Ronster at February 12, 2023 02:22 PM (zps8I)

61 See you later. I need my afternoon snooze if I'm going to stay up for the Gub Thread.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 12, 2023 02:22 PM (Vwz3I)

62 I want a fuel-burning tracked vehicle, and a kick-ass heater.

but that's just me
Posted by: BignJames at February 12, 2023 02:11 PM (AwYPR)

Got that covered: M29 Weasel

https://tinyurl.com/t7jc7x86

And, yes, I have driven mine in the snow on slopes like that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2023 02:22 PM (tkR6S)

63 At first glance I thought that was a sick Winwing setup for playing DCS World.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 12, 2023 02:23 PM (ssESX)

64 https://tinyurl.com/yny5pwe4
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2023 02:21 PM (guGkK)
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Close! I was thinking more of Schwartz's haberdashery, if haberdashery is the word I want.

Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2023 02:23 PM (pTb/Z)

65 Nice legs! No disrespect meant.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2023 02:20 PM (ykeLU)

At the risk of bringing up a sort-of-serious topic; there is no demand for the heavy, dark furniture of our grandparent's era. Well made and will last forever, but nobody wants it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2023 02:24 PM (XIJ/X)

66 I look like I eat paste and don't know how to use a door, but I'm WARM!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2023 02:21 PM (XIJ/X)
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And if Muldoon is to be believed, you have nice legs.

Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2023 02:24 PM (pTb/Z)

67 56 One of those super long knit caps with the big fuzzy pom-pom on the end.
Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2023 02:18 PM (pTb/Z)

Young CBD

https://tinyurl.com/yny5pwe4

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 12, 2023 02:21 PM (guGkK)
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and mitts with the string tying them together so the school bully can make you smack yourself.

Posted by: Ciampino -- stochastic snowfalls at February 12, 2023 02:25 PM (qfLjt)

68 Coastal NC here-last winter we had 3 snowfalls on 3 successive Saturdays in January-8 inch, then two 4 inchers. Quite unusual. This year-not one flake, though we've had a couple frigid cold snaps. Shovel remains stowed away. If the rain last night and today was snow, it would be a foot deep.

Posted by: Joe the Bastardi at February 12, 2023 02:26 PM (wrJpE)

69 I never had a snow blower. Just my two hands and a shovel. As I am 29 now, I look forward to the day I can kiss any snowfall good bye.
It is nice for a day or two, then it gets ugly and messy.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at February 12, 2023 02:27 PM (fe7in)

70 I've never seen a snowblower before. Grew up, for the most part, in Kentucky. We got some decent snows but we just walked in it. We lived across from the street from the school and there were no hills either way.

Posted by: Javems at February 12, 2023 02:27 PM (AmoqO)

71 Any word on why they closed airspace around Lake Michigan?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 12, 2023 02:27 PM (u73oe)

72 65

At the risk of bringing up a sort-of-serious topic; there is no demand for the heavy, dark furniture of our grandparent's era. Well made and will last forever, but nobody wants it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2023 02:24 PM (XIJ/X)
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That is a sad fact. My family hasn't been able to find any buyers for my late grandmother's antique furniture for over a year and a half now. It's all dark wood and handcrafted stuff, some from very early 1800s. All been kept within the family all these years, but it doesn't fit the decor of anyones' current homes.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 12, 2023 02:31 PM (ssESX)

73 70 I've never seen a snowblower before. Grew up, for the most part, in Kentucky. We got some decent snows but we just walked in it. We lived across from the street from the school and there were no hills either way.
Posted by: Javems at February 12, 2023 02:27 PM (AmoqO)

I think you are missing the general feel of the thing.

Posted by: The Four Yorkshiremen at February 12, 2023 02:32 PM (CsVWE)

74 What is this "Snow Blower"?...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 12, 2023 02:32 PM (R/m4+)

75 71 Any word on why they closed airspace around Lake Michigan?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 12, 2023 02:27 PM (u73oe)

Would we believe it completely if they had come out with a statement?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 12, 2023 02:32 PM (CsVWE)

76 I look like I eat paste and don't know how to use a door, but I'm WARM!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2023 02:21 PM (XIJ/X)

Hat like that makes a statement.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 12, 2023 02:34 PM (xhaym)

77
All been kept within the family all these years, but it doesn't fit the decor of anyones' current homes.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 12, 2023 02:31 PM (ssESX)

_________

For heaven's sake, don't tell Her Majesty.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2023 02:34 PM (MoZTd)

78 The nice thing about a snowblower is doing all the neighbors sidewalks. Actually doing the whole block as you are treated to cookies and liquors of all nations. My neighbor and I in Ohio took off on a couple expeditions like that, he in his watch cap and myself in a Stormy Kromer hat. Came back drunk as lords.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 12, 2023 02:35 PM (lz5hY)

79 With just a couple of balloons China has put the US and NORAD into panic mode. Imagine if we had a real threat ???

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at February 12, 2023 02:35 PM (FBf3u)

80 All been kept within the family all these years, but it doesn't fit the decor of anyones' current homes.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 12, 2023 02:31 PM (ssESX)

That has traditionally not been my favorite style (I'm partial to Mission style), but my house was built in 1898, so that stuff looks great in my house.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 12, 2023 02:36 PM (OX9vb)

81 Willowed.
Interesting piece from Oct 2022 by someone named Natasha Crain

"7 Problems with the He Gets Us campaign

https://tinyurl.com/He-gets-us
Posted by: Muldoon at February 12, 2023 02:03 PM (ykeLU)
***
A good read.
Thanxs Muldoon.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2023 02:37 PM (anj39)

82 @77
Yeah, if I lived in a castle I would have taken that furniture.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 12, 2023 02:37 PM (ssESX)

83 Not really excited about the Superbowl. not the same as when I was a kid growing up in the 1960s.

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at February 12, 2023 02:37 PM (FBf3u)

84 Happiness is owning a riding mover and a snowblower.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 12, 2023 02:38 PM (TXFi7)

85 17 hp, a big 'un.
I'm currently using my father's 5hp Sears Craftsman from the 90s, got when he passed in the early oughts. Prior to that, and concurrently for quite a while, my grandfather's early 60s Ariens, got when he passed in '82.
Prior to that, shovels.
Lovin' this winter, absolutely nothing so far. Probably because in changed the oil and made sure the snow blower was running in late November.

Posted by: From about that time at February 12, 2023 02:38 PM (4780s)

86 @71

>>Any word on why they closed airspace around Lake Michigan?

US Government is trying to pull the Banana in The Tail Pipe trick, nobody is falling for it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 12, 2023 02:39 PM (M5/TU)

87 85 Happiness is calling management and telling them to get their ass over here or I'm calling the owner.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 12, 2023 02:39 PM (lz5hY)

88 87 meant 84

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 12, 2023 02:40 PM (lz5hY)

89 I be herd that the Superbowl harftine show will has a Gay pride Theme and all of us our so excited abouts this....

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at February 12, 2023 02:40 PM (EnsGU)

90 And yes, when we do get snow it's nice to get out and meet the new neighbors and reconnect with the old. Everyone working the same task.
My place first, then help out on the plowed in ends of everybody's driveway. A northeast city neighborhood.

Posted by: From about that time at February 12, 2023 02:41 PM (4780s)

91 I have one word for you. Benjamin: "Stabil"!

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at February 12, 2023 02:41 PM (V/rk9)

92 62 I want a fuel-burning tracked vehicle, and a kick-ass heater.

but that's just me
Posted by: BignJames at February 12, 2023 02:11 PM (AwYPR)

Got that covered: M29 Weasel

https://tinyurl.com/t7jc7x86

And, yes, I have driven mine in the snow on slopes like that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2023 02:22 PM (tkR6S)

We need to have a MoMe at your place so we can ride around in your vehicles before we shoot guns.

Posted by: Javems at February 12, 2023 02:41 PM (AmoqO)

93 My husband loved doing that. Every fall, he would take the snowblower completely apart and check it out so he would be prepared. After a big storm, he would not only do our driveway but some of the neighbors too. Our driveway was 150 ft long with a large turn around area. He would sometimes go out in the middle of the night and do a pass so it didn't pile up too much.
It was winter when my husband got seriously ill
and was hospitalized. I woke up around 2 am and
my next door neighbor was clearing my driveway to make sure I could get to the hospital.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 12, 2023 02:42 PM (Y+l9t)

94 Got 22 inches of snow in one storm the first year here. Since then, I've basically had to scrape an inch or two off the walkway a couple times. At least I got to use the propane torch to melt some compacted snow the shovel wouldn't move this year.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 12, 2023 02:43 PM (Bd6X8)

95 Diogenes - from the last thread - about 1997 I was reading a book, my desktop computer sitting idle and out of the blue (or red, I Suppose) started playing the Soviet national anthem - not through any speakers, just the little tinny buzzer bios thing on the mother board itself.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 12, 2023 02:43 PM (Kwjzk)

96 At the risk of bringing up a sort-of-serious topic; there is no demand for the heavy, dark furniture of our grandparent's era. Well made and will last forever, but nobody wants it!

The older I get, the more I love old English Oak.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 12, 2023 02:43 PM (TXFi7)

97
Walk into Schloss Hadrian and the first three things you'll see are:

1) A seven-foot long snake skin above the door.
2) A Pakistani wedding chair
3) A life-size bronze statue of the head of great Possum (Ch. Soyara's Misleading Lady Esar ROM-C)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2023 02:43 PM (MoZTd)

98 migrated to my garage because I am an idiot and never say, "No! We have no more room!"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

N.B. The next time someplace refuses our treasures CBD's place is available.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 12, 2023 02:44 PM (zoXTr)

99 I've used my snowblower once in the last two years. I didn't miss using it.

Advice for anyone who has a typical suburban driveway and sidewalk : buy the smallest two-stage snowblower you can find.

I started out with a single stage, which was useless for more than four or five inches of snow, then moved up to a much larger two-stage, which handles deeper snow easily, but is a beast to maneuver. For the amount of area I need to clear, I think I would be happier with a smaller two-stage.

Obviously, if you have a larger area to clear, a bigger one would be useful.

Posted by: a.moron at February 12, 2023 02:44 PM (F6Xpw)

100 Pride?

Sin is nothing to be proud of.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at February 12, 2023 02:44 PM (TXFi7)

101 92 62 I want a fuel-burning tracked vehicle, and a kick-ass heater.

but that's just me
Posted by: BignJames at February 12, 2023 02:11 PM (AwYPR)

//////

Hope you're not related to Jeremy Renner.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at February 12, 2023 02:44 PM (V/rk9)

102 Hopefully you ran the gas tank dry at the end of last season or treated it with fuel stabilizer like Seafoam or Sta-Bil.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 12, 2023 02:44 PM (D25PY)

103 We've got a leaf blower not familiar with snowblowers.
Never needed them in my neck of the woods... and I'm grateful for that.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 12, 2023 02:44 PM (NpAcC)

104
Happiness is owning a zero-turn riding mover and a snowblower.

Fix'd

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 12, 2023 02:45 PM (MoZTd)

105 Hey AOP,

He's backing up that Weasel, isn't he?

Can't be retreating, because we don't.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at February 12, 2023 02:46 PM (aTtlU)

106 Snow blows. It's a four-letter word for a reason. So is cold.

Posted by: Roy at February 12, 2023 02:46 PM (rqgpJ)

107 We've got a leaf blower not familiar with snowblowers.
Never needed them in my neck of the woods... and I'm grateful for that.

Snow is great when you want quiet. Last time it snowed here it was so peaceful that I could really hear my tinnitus clearly.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at February 12, 2023 02:46 PM (Bd6X8)

108 Any word on why they closed airspace around Lake Michigan?
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Governor testing a new broom?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at February 12, 2023 02:47 PM (zoXTr)

109 There has been no snow here in MD at all. Last week hit 65 degrees one day. Cold today but back in the 50's this week. 😁

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 12, 2023 02:47 PM (Y+l9t)

110 14 So...electric snow blowers next?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 12, 2023 02:05 PM (lc5cP)

That actually might be workable for homeowners with typical driveways and sidewalks, since usage is short-term and intermittent. Not so much for the guys who are out all day clearing sidewalks at commercial properties. I rarely spend more that 20 or 30 minutes clearing snow off my driveway and sidewalk. I wonder how much the battery to run a snow blower for 30-45 minutes would weigh?

Posted by: a.moron at February 12, 2023 02:48 PM (F6Xpw)

111 The last time I had to move any snow was in Erie, and I was renting. Still pretty mobile, I had one of those hi tech, easy on the back snowshovels. I'd give the landlord a little help with it until he or the cavalry came down. They are also easier on the old ticker.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 12, 2023 02:48 PM (lz5hY)

112 Any word on why they closed airspace around Lake Michigan?
Posted by: Duke Lowell

Governor testing a new broom?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

😂

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 12, 2023 02:48 PM (Y+l9t)

113 >>101 92 62 I want a fuel-burning tracked vehicle, and a kick-ass heater.

but that's just me
Posted by: BignJames

I want a Nodwell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRhMbw1enDw

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 12, 2023 02:49 PM (D25PY)

114 At the end of most episodes of The First 48, the family of the victim meets and releases balloons. Pretty soon the Air Force will show up and shoot that shit down.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 12, 2023 02:50 PM (u73oe)

115 30 Luxury! When we cleared the snow in the gravel driveway, we had to move the horse and buggy and use a coal shovel.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 12, 2023 02:11 PM (Jg7EG)

A coal-powered snow shovel would be awesome !

Posted by: a.moron at February 12, 2023 02:50 PM (F6Xpw)

116 California has banned gas powered outdoor landscape machinery and doesn't care at all if any of it is practical. Expect blue states to follow suit just like banning gas powered vehicles. They just don't seem to care that this plan is completely unworkable.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 12, 2023 02:51 PM (Y+l9t)

117 I've no idea what's going on with the "balloons", but I'm getting the sense that something is interfering or spoofing the radar and/or air defense technologies. Does that sound plausible? Like electronic "chaff", they can't distinguish real threats from the fake ones. But they have to spool up the aircraft and go look?

Posted by: Common Tater at February 12, 2023 02:51 PM (Kwjzk)

118 Am I the only one here who bookmarks things and never ever looks at them again? I mean to, I swear...

Posted by: ... at February 12, 2023 02:55 PM (BXxcV)

119 (tkR6S)

We need to have a MoMe at your place so we can ride around in your vehicles before we shoot guns.
Posted by: Javems
----------------------

There's an Army training video of men riding in vehicles like that shooting shotguns. I forget what they were training to shoot.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 12, 2023 02:55 PM (QSiA8)

120 116 The powers that be firmly believe that the 3 million invaders will gladly pick up a snow shovel or a scythe. The same ones that bitch about the $250 a night hotels.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 12, 2023 02:56 PM (lz5hY)

121 I ruined a snowblower once because a stupid coworker filled the company 2.5 gallon gas tank -- which is red and is supposed to only ever have gasoline in it -- with pure chemical ALKALI.

I guess he wanted it in a smaller container, and was using it months earlier to clean brick grout on the kitchen floor in the restaurant. And didn't label it. And didn't empty it. And just put it right back where the gas can goes. Absolutely retarded.

How the hell was I supposed to know the idiot did that? Who smells the nozzle before they pour gas into a small engine??

Well, I do, after that. Me and the guy trying to get the engine started ended up with burns on our hands from it eating all the engine gaskets, and burns on the carpet in his minivan from when we took it to the Ace Hardware for them to look at.

My friend wanted to kill that idiot.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at February 12, 2023 02:56 PM (iKBwy)

122 Just as in the rest of the physical realm, plowing and blowing are not the same thing.

One derives from agriculture and road engineering, while the other is all about tossing and fluffing.
Why not admit that you're just grooming that snow?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 12, 2023 02:57 PM (jYCXf)

123 Electric snowblowers...

I bought 2 snow joe li-ion snowblowers for our outside decks (house and barn). They work good for light to semi light stuff. A 40V battery pack will do most of my 12x36 ft barn deck on one charge. I got a backup.

I'm in mtns of Idaho, so tractor mounted snowblower, honda gas hand snowblower, the neighbor guy who brings his loader to do the heavy lifting.

One more thing about electrics...the snow joe manual says "if this battery pack has been left outside in lower than 32 deg f temps for more than 60 minutes, you must throw it away due to the fire risk.

Read that again.

Yeah, I know, It's a snowblower, but there's huge fire risks we all are living with in these things.

Utopian Ignoramuses.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at February 12, 2023 02:58 PM (aTtlU)

124 102 Hopefully you ran the gas tank dry at the end of last season or treated it with fuel stabilizer like Seafoam or Sta-Bil.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 12, 2023 02:44 PM (D25PY)

I used to do that religiously to the snow blower and lawn mower, but any more I just fill them up with non-ethanol gas at the end of the season, and they start right up six months later.

Posted by: a.moron at February 12, 2023 02:58 PM (F6Xpw)

125 That is a sad fact. My family hasn't been able to find any buyers for my late grandmother's antique furniture for over a year and a half now. It's all dark wood and handcrafted stuff, some from very early 1800s. All been kept within the family all these years, but it doesn't fit the decor of anyones' current homes.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO
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REDACTED is a nic of an antique dealer who shows up here time to time. Might want to ask his advice.

Another is local museums may want it as a donation for displays and antique guides might give you a price to use for IRS deductions. Provenance is always a big issue on antiques.

Posted by: whig at February 12, 2023 02:58 PM (fmxIk)

126 Snow blowers? Ha! Pikers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AgfPXH0I2I

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 12, 2023 02:59 PM (D25PY)

127 96 At the risk of bringing up a sort-of-serious topic; there is no demand for the heavy, dark furniture of our grandparent's era. Well made and will last forever, but nobody wants it!

The older I get, the more I love old English Oak.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse
=============

I've got that. Complete dining room suite with 6' buffet.
Called the church, nope. Anybody? Nope, that's old stuff.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 12, 2023 03:00 PM (QSiA8)

128 At the risk of bringing up a sort-of-serious topic; there is no demand for the heavy, dark furniture of our grandparent's era. Well made and will last forever, but nobody wants it!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2023 02:24 PM (XIJ/X)

//////

All those armoires and fancy wood entertainment centers that nobody wants now? Save them for the burning times to come, and I don't mean natural gas

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at February 12, 2023 03:00 PM (iJy6Y)

129 My dad long ago gave me a electric snow blower, but it will only work on the light fluffy kind so used it maybe twice and not in 10 years.

Posted by: Skip at February 12, 2023 03:00 PM (xhxe8)

130 Who won the sportsbowl? I was at Jason's Deli.

Posted by: Eromero at February 12, 2023 03:00 PM (MipYa)

131 117 I've no idea what's going on with the "balloons", but I'm getting the sense that something is interfering or spoofing the radar and/or air defense technologies. Does that sound plausible? Like electronic "chaff", they can't distinguish real threats from the fake ones. But they have to spool up the aircraft and go look?

Posted by: Common Tater
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I think you have the right of it. Radar and countermeasures have been around since WWII indicated the importance of it.
Someone though with greater knowledge of current trends in radar technology and countermeasures might be able to provide more explanations.

Posted by: whig at February 12, 2023 03:01 PM (fmxIk)

132 126 Snow blowers? Ha! Pikers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AgfPXH0I2I
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 12, 2023 02:59 PM (D25PY)

/////

Like killing mosquitoes with atom bombs.

Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill - Behold the Manchurian Candidate at February 12, 2023 03:03 PM (iJy6Y)

133 We had a snow blower when we lived in Connecticut and we needed it every winter we lived there. I would wheel that thing out of the shed in late September, change the oil, replace the sear pins and make sure everything worked. I would run it up and down the driveway for about 30 minutes to make sure nothing was broke and everything worked good. The neighbors thought I was crazy, but my snow blower never broke in the middle of winter.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 12, 2023 03:03 PM (uNylN)

134 123 Electric snowblowers...

One more thing about electrics...the snow joe manual says "if this battery pack has been left outside in lower than 32 deg f temps for more than 60 minutes, you must throw it away due to the fire risk.

Read that again.

Yeah, I know, It's a snowblower, but there's huge fire risks we all are living with in these things.

Utopian Ignoramuses.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at February 12, 2023 02:58 PM (aTtlU)

HOLY CRAP ! ! ! You mean you can't leave the battery in the garage, or barn, or shed, or anywhere else that gets below 32f? What are you supposed to do, store the snowblower in the living room all winter?

Posted by: a.moron at February 12, 2023 03:03 PM (F6Xpw)

135 I have a battery powered lawn mower which is fine for my postage stamp sized yard.as far snow goes I wait for the warming Chinook wind.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at February 12, 2023 03:05 PM (VdGjU)

136 >>> 116 California has banned gas powered outdoor landscape machinery and doesn't care at all if any of it is practical. Expect blue states to follow suit just like banning gas powered vehicles. They just don't seem to care that this plan is completely unworkable.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 12, 2023 02:51 PM (Y+l9t)

It depends on what you mean by "workable", which in turn depends on whether you are a normal person who wants our current standard of living to continue, or a WEF-tard or adjacent psycho who thinks humans hurt teh erf by existing.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 12, 2023 03:06 PM (llON8)

137 I've got that. Complete dining room suite with 6' buffet.
Called the church, nope. Anybody? Nope, that's old stuff.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Taste change and now 60-70's furniture and fixtures are hot.

In previous, more frugal times, a lot of times furniture was simply repainted into lighter colors which is a helluva lot easier and cheaper than refinishing yet does not destroy the underlying wood if someone wants to restore it sometime in the future.

Posted by: whig at February 12, 2023 03:07 PM (fmxIk)

138 >>>Any word on why they closed airspace around Lake Michigan?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 12, 2023 02:27 PM (u73oe)

Would we believe it completely if they had come out with a statement?

>Is it too early for a mosquito hatch? Or is that Minnesota?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 12, 2023 03:08 PM (Jg7EG)

139 >>> 138 >>>Any word on why they closed airspace around Lake Michigan?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 12, 2023 02:27 PM (u73oe)

Would we believe it completely if they had come out with a statement?

>Is it too early for a mosquito hatch? Or is that Minnesota?
Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 12, 2023 03:08 PM (Jg7EG)

The correct answer was provided by AZ deplorable moron at 108.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 12, 2023 03:08 PM (llON8)

140 HOLY CRAP ! ! ! You mean you can't leave the battery in the garage, or barn, or shed, or anywhere else that gets below 32f? What are you supposed to do, store the snowblower in the living room all winter?

Posted by: a.moron
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Take the battery out of the blower. Lithium does not play well with air and moisture so a crack in the battery internally (shorting) or externally from exposing lithium to air and moisture from freezing is not bueno.

Posted by: whig at February 12, 2023 03:09 PM (fmxIk)

141 117 I've no idea what's going on with the "balloons", but I'm getting the sense that something is interfering or spoofing the radar and/or air defense technologies. Does that sound plausible? Like electronic "chaff", they can't distinguish real threats from the fake ones. But they have to spool up the aircraft and go look?

Posted by: Common Tater

Nope, much simpler than that. Air Search Radars have a built in filter so it does not track slow moving targets... usually set to about 50 MPH. That was you see threats but DON'T see the return from buildings, the ground, or on Ships, other Ships.

You can turn it off... and it almost always is. Simple fact is that they were not LOOKING. Now they suddenly are finding them, because they are.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 12, 2023 03:10 PM (oHd/0)

142 The correct answer was provided by AZ deplorable moron at 108.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Gretchen Whitmar starring as MI governor in BeWitched.

Posted by: whig at February 12, 2023 03:10 PM (fmxIk)

143 May I whine about our first-world problem? Both of our vehicles are having issues where they refuse to start. One has a fairly new battery. The other we just yesterday took to O'Reilly's and they tested the battery and the starter and both looked fine. It's kinda weird that both cars developed problems around the same time.

I don't know if there is an environmental element at play here (off-street parking, no garage) or something more nefarious. Our cars have never known the luxury of a garage, so that is not a new situation for them.

We live in a safe neighborhood with one cranky dude who occasionally causes loud and vulgar disturbances (drugs or mental illness; lives with mom and thinks the world is picking on him) and regularly trespasses through a neighbor's backyard. I called him out once when he did that, so I may have made myself a target.

Anyway, is it possible we are experiencing sabotage? Can a vehicle's starting/electrical mechanism be messed with if the car is locked?

Posted by: Emmie at February 12, 2023 03:10 PM (Emce2)

144 135 I have a battery powered lawn mower which is fine for my postage stamp sized yard.as far snow goes I wait for the warming Chinook wind.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at February 12, 2023 03:05 PM (VdGjU)

Neighbor down the street has one, and likes it. He has two batteries and needs to swap them half way through. Which is fine, since there's a week or so between mows to recharge them. Unlike trying to roadtrip in an electric car.

When I was a little kid my dad had a plug-in electric mower. He called is his "Sunday morning mower" because he could use it early in the morning without disturbing the neighbors. He dragged a long extension cord behind him and had to be careful not to run over the cord. I recall the extension cord looked like it had been spliced in a couple of places. He got a gas mower before I was old enough to starting mowing the lawn.

When my 20 year old Craftsman gas mower dies, I may get an electric. Battery, not plug-in.

Posted by: a.moron at February 12, 2023 03:12 PM (F6Xpw)

145 >>>Does that sound plausible? Like electronic "chaff", they can't distinguish real threats from the fake ones. But they have to spool up the aircraft and go look?

Posted by: Common Tater
---------
I think you have the right of it. Radar and countermeasures have been around since WWII indicated the importance of it.
Someone though with greater knowledge of current trends in radar technology and countermeasures might be able to provide more explanations.
Posted by: whig at
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Chairman Xi is up to no good.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 12, 2023 03:12 PM (QSiA8)

146 And we have idiots running the Pentagram.
Maybe conspirators.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 12, 2023 03:13 PM (QSiA8)

147 134 a. Moron

Yes, DoNot Leave any of your 40V or other li-ion battery packs in a shed that could get below freezing. Garden tools with battery packs, too.

I keep all my batteries inside or in my kinda heated garage (furnace is nearby).

I wondered what Ford said about that with their electric cars.

Just one line in the manual: battery operating temp range 32 deg f to 130 deg f. No Safety Or Fire Risk Info At All.

I guess their lawyers defense will be 'We didn't know. Why didn't Joe Biden tell us!'

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at February 12, 2023 03:14 PM (aTtlU)

148 Brayenyard, I had same problem. Got a consignment house to take it. They picked it up and took it away for $175 to be deducted when they sold it so nothing out of pocket. And they did indeed sell it. It was gorgeous Queen Anne cherry table chairs and buffet. Netted $350 and was t(rilled.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 12, 2023 03:15 PM (Y+l9t)

149 >>
Anyway, is it possible we are experiencing sabotage? Can a vehicle's starting/electrical mechanism be messed with if the car is locked?

You have not heard of the Flipper?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF3xlAm_tdo

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 12, 2023 03:15 PM (D25PY)

150 I have a helium tank and a bunch of balloons. I’m gonna send them aloft and see if I can get them to scramble the B2s out of Whiteman.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 12, 2023 03:16 PM (u73oe)

151 I have 3 Li-ion batteries in the garage. They still charge even though it's been below zero. I think the storage recommendations are a bit overstated. Having said that, I will now likely have to replace them.

Shit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 12, 2023 03:17 PM (Q4IgG)

152 Anyway, is it possible we are experiencing sabotage? Can a vehicle's starting/electrical mechanism be messed with if the car is locked?
Posted by: Emmie at February 12, 2023 03:10 PM (Emce2)
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The problems started after all the Chinese balloon / UFO business, you say?

Posted by: Weasel at February 12, 2023 03:17 PM (WoIMU)

153 He's backing up that Weasel, isn't he?

Can't be retreating, because we don't.
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at February 12, 2023 02:46 PM (aTtlU)

No, I think proceeding downhill. But it can climb that sort of grade, too. Worst thing in a tracked vehicle is to get sideways on an over-steep grade. You roll over.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2023 03:19 PM (tkR6S)

154 Has anybody considered that the Chinese may be getting probed and violated like we are but are clammed up and not talking? Not a conspiracy guy, but China isn't the global boogieman, - unless you work in the Media and are pushing a narrative for ratings.

It's time for Cranky Joe Biden to come out of his bunker.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 12, 2023 03:19 PM (Jg7EG)

155 >>151 I have 3 Li-ion batteries in the garage. They still charge even though it's been below zero. I think the storage recommendations are a bit overstated. Having said that, I will now likely have to replace them.

Shit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Lithium Ion okay in cold.
Lithium Iron Phosphate(LiFePo4) not good in cold.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 12, 2023 03:19 PM (D25PY)

156 Martini Farmer,

Yeah, and the battery packs are 3/4 the cost of the darned product.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at February 12, 2023 03:19 PM (aTtlU)

157 You have not heard of the Flipper?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF3xlAm_tdo
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 12, 2023 03:15 PM (D25PY)

See, this is why I ask the Horde. Y'all know all kinds of stuff that would never otherwise be on my radar.

I think the odds are slim that a guy living in his mom's garage has a Flipper. But I could be wrong!

Posted by: Emmie at February 12, 2023 03:22 PM (Emce2)

158 It's been snowing every day this month. It sucks.

Posted by: Pepe_Trump_2024 at February 12, 2023 03:22 PM (cPD52)

159 >>
See, this is why I ask the Horde. Y'all know all kinds of stuff that would never otherwise be on my radar.

I think the odds are slim that a guy living in his mom's garage has a Flipper. But I could be wrong!
Posted by: Emmie

Evidently, the Flipper can cause havoc and mayhem with Tesla's. Opening doors, charging hatches, lights, etc... LOL

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 12, 2023 03:23 PM (D25PY)

160 Ariens! And it’s an EFI, so startup should be no problem, CBD. My Ariens is a Deluxe30 & she throws snow 50+feet, which for me is a necessity with my w-I-d-e driveway and prevailing NW winds. Starts on first pull every time. And yup, here W of Rapid City, 4150ft ASL, we definitely get snow. Used once this season for our driveway and my 80+yr-neighbor’s as well. Ariens is a made in USA company. Great products.

Posted by: dhmosquito at February 12, 2023 03:24 PM (el5SD)

161 The problems started after all the Chinese balloon / UFO business, you say?
Posted by: Weasel at February 12, 2023 03:17 PM (WoIMU)

Always check for Chinese involvement before considering other causes.

Posted by: Emmie at February 12, 2023 03:24 PM (Emce2)

162 Evidently, the Flipper can cause havoc and mayhem with Tesla's. Opening doors, charging hatches, lights, etc... LOL
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 12, 2023 03:23 PM (D25PY)

We have older Toyotas.

Posted by: Emmie at February 12, 2023 03:25 PM (Emce2)

163 The problems started after all the Chinese balloon / UFO business, you say?

Posted by: Weasel at February 12, 2023 03:17 PM (WoIMU)

You are a bad man...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2023 03:26 PM (XIJ/X)

164 We're in a new-to-us hometown in a new-to-us region during a new-to-us time of social upheaval. I have no "feel" for what cranky guy would or wouldn't do to others or whether we are just experiencing a coincidence.

Posted by: Emmie at February 12, 2023 03:29 PM (Emce2)

165 You have not heard of the Flipper?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF3xlAm_tdo
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 12, 2023 03:15 PM (D25PY)

See, this is why I ask the Horde. Y'all know all kinds of stuff that would never otherwise be on my radar.

I think the odds are slim that a guy living in his mom's garage has a Flipper. But I could be wrong!
Posted by: Emmie

We cannot be truly secure until we switch over to digital currency only!
- Karen Stazi

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 12, 2023 03:30 PM (lObxw)

166 takes me 15-20 minutes to plow my 800 ft drive, no matter how deep

in a nice warm cab to boot

Posted by: REDACTED at February 12, 2023 03:30 PM (us2H3)

167 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 12, 2023 03:26 PM (XIJ/X)

———

I saw that!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 12, 2023 03:30 PM (u73oe)

168 Between late snow last spring and early fall snow I had to buy a Bobcat skid steer loader. No snow since. North Dakota weather can get a bit frustrating and expensive.

Posted by: oldgeezer at February 12, 2023 03:30 PM (Wb5vb)

169 Yes...I am confident that some of your are muttering under your breath, saying, "that stupid f$*&er can have some of ours!"

Posted by: CBD at 02:01 PM

I was sunbathing an hour ago.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 12, 2023 03:30 PM (yQpMk)

170 I gave up and bought an ergonomic snow shovel. I suspect that's it for the snow. It was about ankle deep. I did use the 4x4 on the car, cause I have it.

This town has a couple of roads marked as snow emergency lanes. I suspect those are the ones they plow. But I saw all sorts of snow removal rigs in town. I think folks that have them come in and plow. Not sure the city has that kind of equipment.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 12, 2023 03:31 PM (4IUUf)

171 Maj Healey,

The Snow Joe battery packs are Lithium Ion, 40V.

The manual states:

Prevent the litium-ion battery pack from freezing. Battery packs that were stored below 32 deg F for more than 60 minutes must be discarded.

Maybe overly paranoid, but we've all seen the videos of these things spontaneously turning into a chemical fire nightmare in 3 seconds.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at February 12, 2023 03:31 PM (aTtlU)

172 @155
The difference is that the terminals aren't connected to anything while in storage. They still drain faster in colder weather while installed.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 12, 2023 03:31 PM (ssESX)

173 I want a Nodwell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRhMbw1enDw
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 12, 2023 02:49 PM (D25PY)

I got to drive one once, around a shop yard. Zero suspension in those things. They were built in Calgary by Canadian Foremost Industries. Still much used in the oilpatch in Alberta.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2023 03:33 PM (tkR6S)

174 Any bets on how Biden and his Administration F##ks-Up the Superbowl Game ??? Game is CNX because of an object over the stadium that ends up being the Goodyear Blimp, but Biden is so incompetent that he launches F-22's to shoot it down ???

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at February 12, 2023 03:35 PM (0vFtj)

175 The Snow Joe battery packs are Lithium Ion, 40V.

The manual states:

Prevent the litium-ion battery pack from freezing. Battery packs that were stored below 32 deg F for more than 60 minutes must be discarded.

Maybe overly paranoid, but we've all seen the videos of these things spontaneously turning into a chemical fire nightmare in 3 seconds.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at February 12, 2023 03:31 PM

I have 40 volt and 18 volt lithium batteries for my Ryobi lawn mower and various other power tools that I store in my unheated garage and had never had a problem with them. It definitely gets below 32 degrees in there. At times it gets so cold the refrigerator we have in the garage stops working. Granted none of the batteries are plugged into the tools or mower but they sit there all winter with zero issues so far. 6 years here in NE Texas and counting and another 5 years in the same circumstances in Kentucky for a total of 11 years on some batteries with zero issues.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 12, 2023 03:36 PM (uNylN)

176 A guy living in his mom's garage is EXACTLY the kind of guy who would have a Flipper.

Posted by: PabloD at February 12, 2023 03:36 PM (56oEv)

177 Common Tater @ 95.

Ha!
They're everywhere!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2023 03:37 PM (anj39)

178 CBD,

That is exactly what I want. I didn't move a lot of furniture as it seemed pretty easy to find. But that's not true here. People seem to go to auctions, which I haven't tried yet. And I saw some nice stuff in the Abilene antique stores. I like worn furniture. And since I'm not moving again, I could use some. I am hoping to have better luck looking this spring.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 12, 2023 03:37 PM (4IUUf)

179 I have 40 volt and 18 volt lithium batteries for my Ryobi lawn mower and various other power tools that I store in my unheated garage and had never had a problem with them.

Same here.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 12, 2023 03:37 PM (Xrfse)

180 >>> 154 Has anybody considered that the Chinese may be getting probed and violated like we are but are clammed up and not talking? Not a conspiracy guy, but China isn't the global boogieman, - unless you work in the Media and are pushing a narrative for ratings.

It's time for Cranky Joe Biden to come out of his bunker.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 12, 2023 03:19 PM (Jg7EG)

Finally, someone who doesn't think they're Chinese *or* Russian!!

Posted by: Russell Casse at February 12, 2023 03:38 PM (llON8)

181 I bought a snowblower in September thereby ensuring there would be no snow in my corner of NJ this winter. You're welcome.

Posted by: Some Guy at February 12, 2023 03:40 PM (hTWNl)

182 how do we know that the pods that we are shooting down aren't like the eggs in Aliens

and the big mama is out there somewhere, getting hacked off properly

Posted by: REDACTED at February 12, 2023 03:40 PM (us2H3)

183 takes me 15-20 minutes to plow my 800 ft drive, no matter how deep

in a nice warm cab to boot
Posted by: REDACTED at February 12, 2023 03:30 PM (us2H3)

You begin with a humble brag and then hit us with a regular brag. 😀

Posted by: polynikes at February 12, 2023 03:42 PM (qnsfO)

184 143. Do you live in a costal area where saltwater may get to the wiring in times of area flooding?

Mice or squirrels? Thought a vehicle was being sabotaged but it turned out mice were nibbling on wiring, plastic caps. Didn't catch it until one died on top of something that becomes very warm when the car runs & an odd odor began. (Like the Seinfeld smelly car episode.) Vehicle was a Toyota.

Mechanics said oh well, it happens.

Posted by: Lola at February 12, 2023 03:43 PM (Wxlzw)

185 I don't own a snowblower but I have two (2) weedwhackers.

Posted by: Eromero at February 12, 2023 03:43 PM (MF3yS)

186 My solution to the snow-shoveling problem was to buy a house in Arizona, and spend Winters there.

And when I am done with it, the house will have some resale value, unlike a worn-out snow blower.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 12, 2023 03:44 PM (tkR6S)

187 CBD

You are thumbing your nose at winter with a month left in that neck of the woods.

Hubris!

Posted by: Pete Bog at February 12, 2023 03:44 PM (4eXEl)

188 I don't own a snowblower but I have two (2) weedwhackers.
Posted by: Eromero at February 12, 2023 03:43 PM (MF3yS)

My weed whackers died.
I got Mexicans.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2023 03:45 PM (anj39)

189 I don't own a snowblower but I have two (2) weedwhackers.
Posted by: Eromero at February 12, 2023 03:43 PM

I don't own either of those but I do have a leaf blower that I've converted to a dryer vent cleaner tool.

Posted by: polynikes at February 12, 2023 03:46 PM (qnsfO)

190 I've been into Ambrose Bierce quotes recently. I'm disappointed with how cynical I've become but they all seem appropriate.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at February 12, 2023 03:46 PM (VdGjU)

191 174. The wife attending f**ks it up.

Posted by: Lola at February 12, 2023 03:46 PM (Wxlzw)

192 Finally, someone who doesn't think they're Chinese *or* Russian!!
Posted by: Russell Casse at February 12, 2023 03:38 PM (llON

It all starts in the 'Stans.
They're making their move.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2023 03:46 PM (anj39)

193 Mechanics said oh well, it happens.
Posted by: Lola at February 12, 2023 03:43 PM (Wxlzw)

Hmmm, squirrels. You may be on to something. The squirrels here have different habits than our previous hometown. Very numerous and active, but never took a single bite out of any of our garden tomatoes, unlike past squirrels. Maybe they're biting car parts instead.

Posted by: Emmie at February 12, 2023 03:47 PM (Emce2)

194 188 I don't own a snowblower but I have two (2) weedwhackers.
Posted by: Eromero at February 12, 2023 03:43 PM (MF3yS)

last murder that happened in our tiny town was two brothers arguing over a weedwhacker

Posted by: REDACTED at February 12, 2023 03:47 PM (us2H3)

195 I have a light in my house that flickers on and off numerous times every evening at 10:08 pm.

No other lights flicker, no other items on the same breaker flicker.

Plausible explanations?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 12, 2023 03:48 PM (Zqeqr)

196 last murder that happened in our tiny town was two brothers arguing over a weedwhacker
Posted by: REDACTED at February 12, 2023 03:47 PM (us2H3)

Did one of the brother's weedwhacker find its way into the other brother's wife?

Posted by: polynikes at February 12, 2023 03:48 PM (qnsfO)

197 I've used it once this year.
That's a 1/2 gallon of gas to recycle into the mower.

Posted by: DaveA at February 12, 2023 03:49 PM (FhXTo)

198 last murder that happened in our tiny town was two brothers arguing over a weedwhacker
Posted by: REDACTED at February 12, 2023 03:47 PM (us2H3)

Did one of the brother's weedwhacker find its way into the other brother's wife?
Posted by: polynikes at February 12, 2023 03:48 PM (qnsfO)
***

I'm wondering if the whacker was named Trixie?

Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2023 03:50 PM (anj39)

199 I picked a hell of a day to quit drinkin'.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 12, 2023 03:51 PM (Jg7EG)

200 Did one of the brother's weedwhacker find its way into the other brother's wife?
Posted by: polynikes at February 12, 2023 03:48 PM (qnsfO)

I think the brothers were married

after all, this is MA

Posted by: REDACTED at February 12, 2023 03:51 PM (us2H3)

201
John Fetterman is out of the hospital and the neck bulge is... gone.

Lumpy, we hardly know ye.

RIP.

Posted by: Auspex at February 12, 2023 03:51 PM (j4U/Z)

202 Plausible explanations?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 12, 2023 03:48 PM (Zqeqr)

Obviously someone was murdered in your house on October 8.

Posted by: Emmie at February 12, 2023 03:51 PM (Emce2)

203 I have a light in my house that flickers on and off numerous times every evening at 10:08 pm.

No other lights flicker, no other items on the same breaker flicker.

Plausible explanations?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 12, 2023 03:48 PM (Zqeqr)
***
Intermission is ending.
Second act begins in a few minutes.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2023 03:53 PM (anj39)

204 201
John Fetterman is out of the hospital and the neck bulge is... gone.Lumpy, we hardly know ye.

RIP.
Posted by: Auspex at February 12, 2023 03:51 PM
Not sayin' it was aliens, but it was aliens.

Posted by: Eromero at February 12, 2023 03:55 PM (MF3yS)

205 I picked a hell of a day to quit drinkin'.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 12,

I'm quitting tomorrow

Posted by: That Northern skulker at February 12, 2023 03:55 PM (VdGjU)

206 Mister Scott and Notorious BFD,

I understand, and I did the same, but I changed my battery storage practices after reading that. Reducing that risk, which will burn all our houses down, seems a smart move.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at February 12, 2023 03:55 PM (aTtlU)

207 Oh sweet Lord!
Mrs D tuned in to some of the pregame.
We, as a culture, are swirling around the commode of life. It was just plain bad!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2023 03:55 PM (anj39)

208

Look at you English bedwetting types... With your stupid feetball and your kneeling down to suck the large melonotic bamboo and your stupid smelly bimbos who sing like shot and your 5 hours to 'play' 90 minutes with sound and fury that accomplishes nothing... We fart in your general direction!

Posted by: Smelly Frenchy at February 12, 2023 03:56 PM (KawRe)

209 203 I have a light in my house that flickers on and off numerous times every evening at 10:08 pm.

No other lights flicker, no other items on the same breaker flicker.

Plausible explanations?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 12, 2023 03:48 PM (Zqeqr)
***

we need to talk

Posted by: Tangina at February 12, 2023 03:56 PM (us2H3)

210 I have seen 3 foot snow storms in March

Posted by: Skip at February 12, 2023 03:57 PM (xhxe8)

211 This is a test. crossing fingers and throwing salt over my shoulder

Posted by: Ben Had at February 12, 2023 03:57 PM (HlQXz)

212 I know I'm more comfortable with my gasoline and diesel fuel containers than I am with these battery packs.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at February 12, 2023 03:57 PM (aTtlU)

213 >>>Mrs D tuned in to some of the pregame.
We, as a culture, are swirling around the commode of life. It was just plain bad!

>I love how the network has some sideline football chick giving us her expert opinion and analysis on Chinese foreign policy.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 12, 2023 03:59 PM (Jg7EG)

214 No other lights flicker, no other items on the same breaker flicker.

Plausible explanation?

-------
Circuit is overloaded and/or an old faulty connection?

Posted by: Lola at February 12, 2023 03:59 PM (Wxlzw)

215 >I love how the network has some sideline football chick giving us her expert opinion and analysis on Chinese foreign policy.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 12, 2023 03:59 PM (Jg7EG)

I'd rather plunge stopped up toilets than listen to that drivel.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 12, 2023 04:00 PM (anj39)

216 210 I have seen 3 foot snow storms in March
Posted by: Skip at February 12, 2023 03:57 PM (xhxe

in 96, we got 4.5 ft on the 1st of April

made the weather channel, guy with a measuring stick standing down the street

Posted by: Tangina at February 12, 2023 04:00 PM (us2H3)

217 It was in the mid-50's here in Bourbon Country today. Spent a couple hours out on the deck in the sun with the wife.

I think I got a minor sunburn.

I also fully expect to have miserable weather and bitter cold in the next 5-7 days. So... winter in Kentucky, as usual.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 12, 2023 04:00 PM (Q4IgG)

218 aluminum wire

Posted by: REDACTED at February 12, 2023 04:01 PM (us2H3)

219 NOOD FOOD

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at February 12, 2023 04:01 PM (ZSK0i)

220 Plausible explanations?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 12, 2023 03:48 PM (Zqeqr)
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Is it an LED bulb? I've noticed them start to flicker before they burn out completely. Yours might be on a schedule but mine are just lazy and do it whenever they feel like it.

Posted by: bluebell at February 12, 2023 04:01 PM (pTb/Z)

221 FOODY NOODY

Posted by: Skip at February 12, 2023 04:01 PM (xhxe8)

222 Bitter Clinger,

Our house is 'only' 30 years old. I receently had a simple light switch go bad. Try replacing that.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at February 12, 2023 04:04 PM (aTtlU)

223 Ariens. The finest snowblower known to mankind. Anyone over the age of 50 knows this: weight is quality. Heavy amplifier? Quality sound. Heavy snowblower? You win against any blizzard.

Good choice!

Posted by: dad29 at February 12, 2023 04:19 PM (Fq1gB)

224 The straight handled red metal curved blade ones are snow "Shovers", just push it to the sides, not made to lift much. The "shovels" (shove>elevate) are more square bladed, and for years I saw those goofy bent handled ones and scoffed at people insisting on re-inventing something that had worked great for centuries. Then I tried one...OMG! soooo much easier on the back, sides, shoulders. I shove down the center of the drives, then from that center strip off towards the sides...where it then gets too thick to shove I start with the shovels and pitch it.
Several years ago an old lady on the neighborhood web page posted that she had a dialysis appt the next morning, and the guy that usually shoveled her drive had had a heart attack before he got to her...could someone help? I went and did it. No Charge. Be careful about helping little old ladies...they tell all of their friends about it. Now I do 6 of them's drives/walks.

Posted by: birddog at February 12, 2023 04:25 PM (uAI4S)

225 Last year, after the final really heavy snowfall, where I had to shovel them all three times to stay ahead of it, that 1st lady mentioned..."Oh, by the way, there is a snowblower in the garage, my husband bought it before he died 5 years ago, only used it once. Maybe you could figure out how to start it?". I dug it out from under and behind a buch of stuff, loaded it in the jeep , took it home and changed the fuel, fuel lines, filter, took apart and cleaned the carb and it fired right up. Took it back to her and told her how much I looked forward to using it the next winter....She said "Well, I told my son you fixed it, and he wants it. Sooo, you'll be back to shovels" Whaaaat??? You have a SON living nearby and he has been letting ME shovel for you for 4 FRIKN YEARS???. !st snow the next year it was there so I used it...she called me later saying her son had hurt his back, and was going to hire some to do HIS driveway, I could keep the snowblower if I wanted it. I got one of those hitch mount platforms and hauled it around doing the other folks drives. Jeep died, now I'm back to shovels until I fix it. Last snow was only about 4 inches but WET, very heavy...

Posted by: birddog at February 12, 2023 04:36 PM (uAI4S)

226 ...took me from 10am until 11pm to clear them all. Barely was able to finish the last one. It's been three weeks and my rt shoulder still hurts, barely get a shirt/coat on. Thankfully, though cold, no more snow since. I'm tooo old for this shit. Coming up on the fifth anniversary of the 30th anniversary of my 30th birthday.

Posted by: birddog at February 12, 2023 04:39 PM (uAI4S)

227 After moving to desert I found my snow shovel was perfect for cleaning up end of the driveway after torrential rains deposited silt, sand, rocks and gravel there. Unfortunately the handle broke when it was in storage.

Posted by: epador at February 12, 2023 05:24 PM (+GzRQ)

228 John Deere X758 4wd 25hp diesel powering a 54" blower. SWMBO thought I was having a mid-life moment when I bought it several years ago. She didn't complain the first time I removed 18" of global warming. Big Green is now allowed in the garage with her ride.

Posted by: Captain Ned at February 12, 2023 05:35 PM (XIfux)

229 Hey Horde - I have Birddog's phone number in case you want him to come over and shovel your place for free too.

Skip - if you didn't catch it, I left you a message last night near the end of JJ's hobby thread.

Posted by: Cowboyneal at February 12, 2023 06:50 PM (DzsA0)

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